Walking After Midnight

One night whilst in Key West (I know I am getting some new stuff soon) I decided to play with my aperture and my F stop. What resulted was this image. I was trying to get to a point where the light of the signs was not blasting out the image while still being able to retain some sense of whats going on. I exposed for what I considered to be a long time (especially without a tripod) at 1/125th of a second and I had my f/4.5 so high to compensate for the duration of the shot. I really like long shutter speed photography and I really enjoyed taking this picture. The other major challenge was the framing, in order to fit the entire image in the shot I was basically standing IN a shop across the street that was closing and kindly asked me to buy something or leave. I obliged but not before I was able to snap up this “gem”. For those of you whom have never been lucky enough to go to Sloppy Joe’s Bar its fantastic, the food is pretty good, and its a must do in Key West. My favorite story that I have heard of the bar is that when they were moving from their old location to the one they currently reside they opened both locations and told all the patrons that they would get a free drink for every piece of furniture that they moved. Now thats efficiency!

A Fountain of Gold

This picture is another example of being in the right spot at the right time, and by right spot I simply mean completely and utterly lost. Wandering the streets of Key West in a desperate attempt to to get my bearings I was peering through the gates at some of the houses in Key West. Low and behold I find this little gem and I am taken aback by how beautiful this fountain is.  I ended up putting my lens between the bars of the iron gate and ended up having to take a few to get everything right. With Tina urging me to press on and I snapped this as my final shot of the group.  I felt this a fitting second shot for my new project as its almost the complete opposite of the first. These were both taken with my “nifty fifty” which is my 50mm F1.8 lens, its a real gem. The best address I can give you regarding this image is 326 Whitehead St, Key West Fl. Whoever lives here is lucky and has done a fantastic job with their decorations. Leave comments!